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Will fiber supplement be in breast milk?

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No: Fiber you eat in your diet does not cross over into breast milk. It's just the milk, but particles that big are not part of the milk. Drugs and chemicals can certainly cross through, but not fiber.

Answered 8/30/2013

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Dr. Oscar Novick answered

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Fiber: Fiber supplements normally do not pass in breast milk.

Dr Ferguson and another doctor agreed

Answered 8/30/2013

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